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Fukushima Mothers Worried About Cancer Risk

At this kindergarten in Fukushima, Japan, the playground is monitored by a radiation detection device. It's been two years since a massive earthquake and tsunami killed 19-thousand people and damaged a nearby nuclear plant. Local health authorities are monitoring every child for thyroid abnormalities, but for mothers like Makiko Suzuki-- it's not enough. (Soundbite) (Japanese) Mother, Makiko Suzuki, saying:
 
 
 

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